As I walked into the Jackson medical cannabis dispensary last weekend, I noticed behind me an old, frail woman. Her hands were shaking, and her voice was filled with tears. “The OxyContin doesn’t take away the pain,” I heard her say to the attendant. She asked the cashier for a few grams of cannabis and...
Hurricane Irma, the most intense hurricane in the Atlantic since Hurricane Dean in 2007, crossed Florida this past week, causing massive power outages and damages. The hurricane blew across Florida with winds at 130 mph, causing at least 16 U.S. mainland deaths and leaving almost 5 million homes without power. The hurricane impacted nine...
Senior center Danny Drummond has started in 34 football games in his college career. But it was Friday’s game that left him with a smile he couldn’t wipe off his face. Drummond and the rest of the football team, with the Hillsdale cheer team and pep band, participated in Victory Day, an event that allowed...
The Hillsdale College men’s tennis team combined for a 18-9 record last weekend at the West Liberty Invitational in West Virginia. Seven other teams in the Atlantic region competed in the season-opening event: Bluefield State, Fairmont State, Edinboro, West Liberty, Tiffin, Charleston, and West Virginia Wesleyan. Sophomore Milan Mirkovic, one of the region’s top freshman...
Energy dipped during the third quarter of Saturday’s football game, but the Hillsdale College Pep Band’s new leader sophomore Matt Clark kept up momentum all the way into the stunning fourth-quarter victory, heralding the upset with a triumphant reprisal of “White and Blue.” Last weekend, Clark went through trial by fire: He coordinated a performance...